articles of interest - May 22
/***TECHNOLOGY
Pew finds most older Americans using the Internet, but also ‘largely disconnected from the digital revolution’ Talking New Media
How tech created a global village — and put us at each other’s throats Boston Globe
Digital gap between rural and nonrural America persists Pew Research
***BIG DATA & STATISTICS
The 5 most common Big Data quality issues.. and how to handle them KD Nuggets
MIT: protecting privacy with fake data sets to allow 3rd party distribution for development and education purposes Smart Data Collective
***SOCIAL MEDIA
How ProPublica Defines Success for Engagement Projects Media Shift
Twitter Changed Their Privacy Policy, So Update Your Settings Life Hacker
Facebook is trying yet again to cut clickbait headlines from your News Feed Recode
How WeChat (China’s most popular messaging app) Spreads Rumors, Reaffirms Bias, and Helped Elect Trump Back Channel
***PRODUCING MEDIA
The best portable battery chargers Digital Trends
Shoot 360 Video Like a Pro in 6 Simple Steps Wired
Americans no longer have to register non-commercial drones with the FAA Recode
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
The Atlantic bucks recent website trends by launching new, more dense home page design Talking New Media
New York Times will offer buyouts to editors in push to transform editing Poynter
***JOURNALISM
In a private meeting, President Trump allegedly urged Comey to imprison journalists Poynter
Murdered journalist Javier Valdez on the risks of reporting in Mexico BBC
Mexicans stage 'A Day Without Journalism' to protest deadly attacks on the news media LA Times
The Evolution of Citizen Journalism: How 3 Modern Outlets Are Updating the Model PBS Media Shift
Voice of San Diego to Spin Off New Organization to Support Good Journalism Everywhere Voice of San Diego
Politwoops: Explore the Tweets that politicians Didn't Want You to See ProPublica
Data journalism syllabus: From numeracy to visualization and beyond Journalism Resources
Quartz’s David Yanofsky on coding as a journalist Columbia Journalism Review
***FAKE NEWS
7 key reference points for navigating the post-truth era, alternative facts, and fake news Business Insider
The Seth Rich conspiracy shows how fake news still works Washington Post
Has Fake News Changed Behavior? Daily Infographic
Why Fact Checking Matters & How to Do It Video Strategist
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Tech created a global village-and put us at each other’s throats Becoming (my blog)
Be Yourselves: We behave differently on different social media 1843 magazine
***HIGHER ED
Federal Lawmakers Begin New Push for Student-Outcomes Data Chronicle of Higher Ed
Why Haven't MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors? Inside Higher Ed
Mizzou likely to cut hundreds of positions amid expected 7 percent enrollment drop St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Dealing With Controversial Speakers on Campus Chronicle of Higher Ed
***HUMANITIES /STEM
Author Interview: What Are the Arts and Sciences? A Guide for the Curious Inside Higher Ed
***WRITING& READING
Local professors to students: No 'plz,' please in emails Houston Chronicle
The ‘Realistic’ Research Paper Chronicle of Higher Ed
Paper About Plagiarism Contains Plagiarism Neuroskeptic
***GENDER
Baylor faces another Title IX lawsuit over alleged 2012 gang rape by football players Sports Illustrated
Many in Orthodox Christian countries have conservative views on gender roles Pew Research
Fake article sets off Debates over gender studies and open-access journals Inside Higher Ed
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
The Atlantic's "My Family's Slave" cover story: Filipinos defend Alex Tizon from Western backlash Quartz
A Creationist Sues the Grand Canyon for Religious Discrimination The Atlantic
In U.S. metro areas, huge variation in intermarriage rates Pew Research
How students benefit from having teachers of same race Journalism Resources
***FREE SPEECH
Reince Priebus admits Trump administration has looked into changing the First Amendment The Week
Northwestern Students protest ICE representative’s visit to campus Daily Northwestern
Student group files lawsuit against professor CNN
How Missouri Used Shared Governance to Preserve Free Speech on Campus Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LEGAL ISSUES
Can You Copyright Your Dumb Joke? And How Can You Prove It's Yours? NPR
Patent trolls take it on the chin in new Supreme Court ruling Tech Crunch
Facebook Defeats Lawsuit Over Material Support for Terrorists Technology & Marketing Law Blog
***RELIGION
Way More Americans May Be Atheists Than We Thought FiveThirtyEight
The Second Coming Of Televangelist Jim Bakker BuzzFeed News
Why Trump’s tax plan would mean less money for churches Washington Post
Pregnant at 18. Hailed by Abortion Foes. Punished by Christian School New York Times
How “Race Tests” Maintain Evangelical Segregation (opinion) Religious Dispatches
***ART & DESIGN
Take a Trip Through the History of Modern Art with the Oscar-Winning Open Culture
How Fonts Are Fueling the Culture Wars Back Channel
***MUSIC
Inside the Offices Where the Music Never Stops and Everyone Is DJ Bloomberg
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Sexual Assaults at Southwestern Community College Prompts Protest San Diego Free Press
Lawsuit claims Howard University shamed and did not help sexual violence victims USA Today
***SCIENCE
Physicists Can’t Agree on What Science Even Means Anymore Wired
What's Wrong with Science? BBC
The Map of Chemistry: New Animation Summarizes the Entire Field of Chemistry in 12 Minutes Open Culture
***HEALTH
Training medical students how to teach helps them embrace ambiguity Stat News
***PSYCHOLOGY
Why We Lie: The Science Behind Our Deceptive Ways National Geographic
***NEUROSCIENCE
What causes that feeling of being watched BBC
What’s behind the myth that you only use 10 percent of your brain? The Verge
Bloomberg story provides clear-eyed view of trendy neurofeedback brain-training clinics Health News Review
***PHILOSOPHY
Does the philosophy literature have a plagiarism problem? Retraction Watch
Change in philosophy poses threat to devoted profs at Catholic university Life Site News
***ETHICS
Society's Moral Fracturing Leads To Dangerous Places NPR
Teaching robots right from wrong 1843 magazine
Facebook's internal rulebook on sex, terrorism and violence is Leaked The Guardian
***RESEARCH
Citation Performance Indicators: A Very Short Introduction The Scholarly Kitchen
Does It Matter Whose Name Appears After the (c) When Using Creative Commons The Scholarly Kitchen
A Sokal-Style Hoax on Gender Studies: The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct Skeptic
***TEACHING
Digital course materials have gotten only slightly more accessible to students with disabilities Inside Higher Ed
You Can’t Automate Good Teaching Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENT LIFE
Baby boomers are actually way more entitled than millennials New York Post
How Generation Z, Millennials (and the rest of us) consume media: 7 key trends The Media Briefing
Christian high school bans student for her hairstyle WCTV
Colleges Are Using Price Discrimination—Here's How to Fight It Life Hacker
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Tenured Prof Fired for asking Why Private Catholic School didn’t notify Minority faculty that they could have been in danger Inside Higher Ed
Graduate student who is subject of Title IX critic’s new book sues for defamation and invasion of privacy Inside Higher Ed